Kenner firefighters rescued a kayaker Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 5), pulling the man to shore after his boat overturned in Lake Pontchartrain, according to Kenner officials.

The capsized kayak was reported to 911 just before 4:30 p.m., near the levee at Mesa and Platt streets.

Kenner 911 received a call at 4:26 p.m. of the capsized kayak in the lake, originally reported near the levee at Platt and Mesa streets.

Officers with the Kenner Police Department and East Jefferson Levee District, along with Kenner fire personnel, immediately began to search that area of the lake, Kenner officials said.

The Kenner Fire Department also sent a boat with a certified boat captain and two rescue swimmers to help in the search.

The stranded kayaker was spotted when a Kenner Fire Department company took a different route and searched the lake nearer the Parish Line Canal.

Firefighter Steffon Lee and Acting Capt. Clint Stephens both dove into the water and pulled the man to safety, with help from Firefighter Kelcey Magee, Capt. Richard Blackman and Acting Operator Jason Pepitone.

The boater had no apparent injuries, officials said.

"Our firefighters responded extremely quickly, and that made all the difference for this boater," Kenner Fire Chief Ryan Bergeron said in a news release Wednesday night.